Gender and Higher Education: Access, Impact, and Inquiry

Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden St.
Cambridge
Fri., Apr. 10, 2026, 9 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.



This conference will explore the nexus of gender and higher education by examining students’ experiences, the perspectives of teachers and researchers, and the present and future of gender as a category of analysis and scholarly field.

Online Location: Please register for Zoom link
Gazette Classification: Conferences, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Speaker(s): Mary Blair-Loy, Professor of sociology, University of California San Diego, Iris Bohnet, Director of the social sciences program, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and codirector of the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Jessie Brown, Executive vice president, American Council on Education, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Dean, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School; professor of history, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ana Mari Cauce, Former president, University of Washington, Pam Eddinger, President, Bunker Hill Community College, Leroy Gonsalves, Assistant professor of management and organizations, Questrom School of Business, Boston University, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies and founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center, Spelman College, Nancy E. Hill, Charles Bigelow Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Jonathan Holloway, President and chief executive officer, Luce Foundation; former president, Rutgers University, Maria Klawe, President, Math for America; former president, Harvey Mudd College, Janice M. McCabe, Associate professor of sociology, Dartmouth College, Kathleen McCartney, Former president, Smith College; former dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Premilla Nadesen, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History, Barnard College; visiting scholar, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Laura W. Perna, Vice provost for faculty, University of Pennsylvania; GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education, Penn Graduate School of Education, Alexis Redding, Lecturer on education and cochair, Higher Education Concentration, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Abigail J. Stewart, Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan
Cost: Free
Ticket Web Link: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…
Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…